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Letters Patent No. 61,386, dated January 22, 1867.

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To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB BEESLlftY,Of Ihiladelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved'Ash-Sifting Device for Stoves, 510.; and 'I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

v My-invontion consists of a siftingdevice constructed and adapted to a stove or heater, substantially as described hereafter, so that the ashes which are discharged from the fire-grate may be thoroughly sifted without removing them from the stove.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and usemy invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of the fire-plm of a stove with my improvement.

Figures 2 and 3, sections on the line 1 2, fig. 1, showing the parts in different positions; and

Figure 4, a plan view of the sitter detached from the grate.

At the opposite sides of'thc fire-place, X, of a stove furnace or range are two ribs, a a, on which bear flanges at the sides of a detachable ash-box, B, the bottom of the latter consisting of a grate,'-d. The opposite sides of the box B extend below the grate d, and have at their lower edges flanges, c c, in each of which are two depressions, a: z, for a purpose described hereafter. On'the flanges c a bear lugs, ii, at the opposite sides of an oblong frame, 0, and on the front and back crcsspieces of the latter are projections, e e, which extend upward and between the bars of the grate cl, as shown in the drawing, there being one projection to each space between the bars of the grate. From the frame C projects an arm, j, through an opening in a plate, E, in front of the ash-pit Y, and in the fire-place above the ash-box B is the usual fire-grate, F. The ashes, cinders, and particles of. unburnt coal fall from the grate F. into the box '13, where the ashes are separated from thecinders by imparting a rapid reciprocatingmotion to the frame G, the projections e e as they pass through the contents of the ash-box' thoroughly agitating the same, so that they Fall through the grate 01 into the ash-pit below, while the unhurnt or partially burnt coals available as fuelrem'ain in the box. When the ashes have been thoroughly sifted, the frame C is moved back until its lugs, i2, restore the depressions x a: in the flanges c c, when the frame will have descended to such a position that the-ends of the projections .2 will be below the upper surface of the grate d and out of the way of a shovel or pan with which the contents of the box may be removed. When the ash-pit is to be cleaned the box B may be removed. In some instances, however, a stationary grate may be substituted for the grated box B, the frame in this case sliding on ribs or projections at the sides of the fireplace. If desired the iianges c c may be straight, the frame C being withdrawn when theashes are to be removed. If the front doors of the fire-place be closed when the agitation of the contents of the ash-box takes place, the fine ashes cannot escape into the room in which the stove may be situated.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A grated for receiving the ashes and cinders, in combination with the sliding-trams C and its projections e e, the whole being constructed and operating beneath the fire-grate of a stove, heater, or furnace, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The ribs 0 c, with their recesses x 2:; in combination with a grate d and with the sliding-frame G and its lugs e e, the whole being arranged substantially'as described.

3. Thecombination'of the detachable box B, grate d, and sliding frame 0; the whole being constructed and operating substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v "I v J AOOB BEESLEY.

Witnesses:

GHAnLEs E. Fosrse, WH'I. R. DELANEY. 

